Antti Leikas (b. 1967) has published five novels: a trilogy that carnivalizes office life, Paddling (2011), Backpaddling (2013), and Rowing (2015), and two works featuring the author himself, The Darkness of Gnomes (2019) and The Quantum Gnomes (2022), which combines gnomes with particle physics. The real-life author is a mathematician who has studied literature, philosophy, and business management and whose professional life has spanned technology companies, newspapers and magazines, and educational institutions.
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The Quantum Gnomes (2022)